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Author Greene, A. C., 1923-2002.

Title 900 miles on the Butterfield Trail [electronic resource] / A.C. Greene ; [illustrations by Teresa Avini].

Imprint Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 1994.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 293 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index.
Contents pt. I. John Butterfield's "gamble worth making" begins : from St. Louis to the Red River -- pt. II. The long & dangerous days : the first overland mail trip & stations along the route -- pt. III. New routes-- up the Pecos, via the Guadalupes, crossing at Horsehead : to El Paso via Fort Stockton, Fort Davis and the Rio Grande -- pt. IV. Modern travelers on the Butterfield Trail-- the past is not past : the trail's still down there -- pt. V. Crossroads -- pt. VI. Epilogue : the dream ends, but legends abide.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Coaching (Transportation) -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Butterfield Overland Trail.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Avini, Teresa.
ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Nine hundred miles on the Butterfield Trail
ISBN 0929398734
9781574412130 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1574412132 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781574414936 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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